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There is a lot to be said for the value society receives for paying a 10 cent bounty to pick up cans/bottles. How to implement a similar universal petty payment
by thereisnospork 5y ago
There is a lot to be said for the value society receives for paying a 10 cent bounty to pick up cans/bottles. How to implement a similar universal petty payment system for FOSS contributions is beyond me, but a minimal overhead method to funnel subsistence-level money to contributors feels like it would have net-positive societal benefits.
- hnaccount_rng 5y agoWhile not the reason for "Pfand" in Germany (originally it's to encourage reuse of bottles, now it's expanded to include recycling), this is a pretty good analogy. Including the points beyond which it fails: You get emptied trash cans because people tried to get at the Pfand... Which brings you back to the original point: People are far better at gaming a system than the system is at setting its rules